I am a Colombian and it is real painful for me to see people from other countries coming to Colombia to start a business here. i have helped a lot of people to do that. Most of them were deceived. For instance they were not told about those big lines at the Dian ( taxes and customs department) Any time you have to updated the nit ( your company ID number) you have to do a long line and sometimes you do not have the proper documentation, because you did not know about, then you have to go and bring the proper documentation. Mostly all the papers have to be authenticated by a notary, this means that you are wasting a lot of time. There is another fact: crime, mot of the businesses have to pay an amount of money to criminal bands supposedly by protection and you cannot go to the police because there are a lot policemen who are crooked.